| Transport jar | Form | Jar made to carry and store goods such as oil, wine or grain in trade. |
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| Throwing rib | Making | A flat tool held against the clay on the wheel to shape and smooth the profile. |
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| Stirrup spout vessel | Form | Andean vessel with a hollow stirrup-shaped handle that joins into a single spout, made by Moche, Chimú and other cultures. |
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| Source checked | Method | A record whose catalogue details have been checked against the holding institution’s entry. |
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| Rhyton | Form | Drinking or pouring vessel, often horn-shaped or ending in an animal head, with an opening at the lower end. |
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| Profile | Making | The outline of a vessel seen from the side, from foot to rim. Profiles are the basis of the drawings and planned rib templates. |
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| Potsherd | Form | Broken fragment of a ceramic vessel. |
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| Olpe | Form | Ancient Greek jug with a continuous profile and round mouth; a type of oinochoe. |
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| Oinochoe | Form | Ancient Greek wine jug with a single handle, often with a trefoil mouth. |
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| Museum type label | Method | The object type given in the holding institution’s catalogue. Records keep it unchanged. |
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| Moon jar | Form | Korean white porcelain jar of the Joseon period with a full, rounded body, typically thrown in two halves and joined. |
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| Loutrophoros | Form | Tall ancient Greek vessel with an elongated neck and two handles, associated with ritual water for weddings and funerals. |
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| Kylix | Form | Ancient Greek shallow drinking cup with two horizontal handles, usually raised on a stem and foot. |
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| Kendi | Form | Spouted drinking and pouring vessel without a handle, filled through the neck and poured from the spout; widespread across South and Southeast Asia. |
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| Indexed date | Method | Start and end years read from the catalogue date so the record can be filtered by period. |
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| Hydria | Form | Ancient Greek water jar with three handles: two horizontal for lifting and one vertical for pouring. |
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| Holding institution | Method | The museum or collection that holds the object and publishes its catalogue record. |
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| Form family | Method | A grouping of museum type labels by overall form and use, proposed by Forms Through Time. |
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| Ewer | Form | Pouring vessel with a spout and a handle, often with a tall neck. |
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| Effigy vessel | Form | Vessel whose whole body is modelled as an animal, human or other figure. |
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| Draft | Method | A record entered but not yet checked against its source. |
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| c. | Method | Circa, about. Marks an approximate date. |
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| BCE / CE | Method | Before Common Era and Common Era, used in place of BC and AD. |
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| Albarello | Form | Cylindrical storage jar with a waisted body, used for apothecary goods, associated with tin-glazed wares of the Islamic world and Renaissance Italy. |
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